Two-wheeled vehicle



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P. RUDOLPH.

TWO WHEELED VEHICLE. No. 398,801. Patented Feb. 26,1889.

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P. RUDOLPH.

TWO WHEELED VEHICLE.

Patented Feb. 26, 1-889.

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Unirnn STATES PATENT @rrrcn.

FRANK Rl DOLPll, ()F BFASON, ILLINOIS.

TWO-WHEELED VEHECLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 398,801, dated February 26, 1889.

Application filed August 16, 1888. Eerial No. 282,858. tl\ o model) to letters ortig'ures of reference marked thercl on, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to certain new and useful llllIH'OVGlDQl'llS in vehicles, the object thereof being to provide a single or double sulhy, by the construction of which the seat will be located rear of the axle, so as to counterbalance the weight of the pole or thills, thereby placing but little weight upon the horse an d oyercoming'thcup-and-down movement oi the horse.

My invention also consists in providing a spring-support for the seat: located to the rear of the axle; also in the construction and combinations ot the parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and specifically pointed out in the claim.

ln the 2100mm )till \lii t 1 drawings, Figure 1 is a perspeci ive view of the leading features of my in] proveuieut, the seat being, shown in dotted lines. Fig. :2 is a plan view. Fig". 3 is a sectional view. Fig.1. i is a plan view showin the application oi ihills or shat'ts to the vo hicle.

A. refers to the axle, which is upwardly curved centrally, and provided on its upper edge with a strip of bent wood, r: clipped thereto by clips, located as shown.

The spring 13 is semi-elliptical, the cudsbclug also bent upwardly and formed into eyes. To the center portion of the spring is clipped,

by clips (Z to the under side of the axle. The outer ends of the bars D in frontof the spring are provided with collars e, beyond which the rods D are rounded to pass through the eyes formed in the ends of the springs, and from these rounded portions the lower ends of the rods E pass, and are secured either by upsetting the ends of the rods D or by the employment of nuts.

The rods E incline inwardly and upwardly toward the axle, and are secured thereto by suitable bolts. lly thus arrangin the rods E and D the spring-issupported rear of the axle,

by a suitable shackle, l), a scatsu pporiing bar, l

C, the ends of which diverge outwardly and then bend horizontally, at which point they P arc perforatit-d and bolted to the under side of the seat at a suitable distance rear of the axle.

The ends of the semi-elliptical spring ii are cijiunected to the axle by rods D and E, the rods .D extending horizontally rcarwardl y trom the axle, their front ends being secured and the ends are thoroughly braced against downward movement, the lateral movement of the vehicle beingtaken up by theupwardlycurved ends of the spring B, said ends beingthe mostelastic portion thereof.

The pole F is attached centrally at its rear end to a circular bar, l, the ends of which are secured to the axle by means of the rods ll. which are attached to the rear ends of said circle-bar G and clipped to the axle by clips 7!, the front: ends of these bars ll extending forwardly and upwardly to the pole beneath the sin gletreepvhere they are rigidlya-ttachcd to the pole by suitable bolts.

The circle-bar G and the brace-rods H are connected to the axle by brace-rods E',which are secured to the axleby the same bolt which secures the rear brace-rods, E, thereto.

Connected to the pole at a point rear of the singlotree is a cross-bar, l, which is also connected to the rods by suitable bolts. The ends of this cross-bar l are provided with staples, to which are hinged short rods or spring i, which are curved downwardly. The rear ends of these bars or springs are attached to a curved bar, K, which extends upwardly and rcarwardly, and is secured to the under side of the seat at a point slightly rear of the axle.

When a pole is used, the cross-bar I will serve as a .ij'oot-rest; or suitable crosspieccs may be provided, so as to form a floor.

\l'heu thills are em doyetl, as shown in Fig. 4 0f the accompanying drawings, the

cross-bar I may be dispensed with, and the curved scat-supporting bar K can be attached directly to the thills, as shown, and to the under side of the seat can be attached outwardly-diverging' bars or supports which will extend forwardly under the axle, and from thence curved upwardly to the thills near the whiffletree, said bars being designed to sup port slats upon which the feet of the driver may rest; or, if desirable, suitable foot-rests can be attached to these bars, as shown.

The vehicle hereinbefore described will be extremely light, and the seat is so located that neither the horse-movement nor the movement caused by the roughness of the road will be felt by the occupant of the seat.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a vehicle, the combination of an upwardly-bowed axle, a semi-elliptical spring, B, connected to the axle by rearwardly-extending horizontal bars D, connected to clips on the axle, and brace-rods E,which extend from the outer ends of the rods D upwardly and inwardly and bolted to said axle, a bar, 0, secured to the said spring 3, and having outwardly-spreading bentends adapted to be se- 1 cured to and support the seat, the pole or 

